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The orderly ducks marching to the farm.

Underwater photo taken at Nečujam bay, island olta, Croatia. Fish is Salema porgy species (lat. Sarpa salpa).

Colour of Life, image taken during the colour run in Irvine

Catherine's summer castle

Bride enjoying the festivity at a rural barn wedding.

Riverfront mill ruins along the Mississippi.

An old couple crossing at flooded stream with their grandson.

Matt Flies Off of Monte Brento, Italy

This is a group of fantastic musicians at Loboc River in Bohol. Very nice voices, good music, and very kind people.

Watching The Walkmen perform at the first Boston Calling Music Festival.

"The Bear Tree" is located at the perimeter of a haunted castle known to the locals as Kellie's Castle. The whole place gave me a chill and when I tried putting sense to why this tree's trunk looks li

The gaze of a particularly shy Ghanaian child who decided to trust me, in between a hall of unused bricks destined to complete a school in Kyekyewere.

Alone, taken in Big Bear, California

Meadow flowers in afternoon sunlight

Running wild at a barn wedding.

Panorama of Arenal Volcano.

Young, playful and maybe in love..... two wild elephants in the National Parks of Sri Lanka.

challenging the Pacific

Cypress forest emerging from a moss covered swamp in Camden, Arkansas.

The height of this Rooted Oudemansiella mushroom, combined with its serendipitous location on a steep stream bank, allowed enough room for the camera so that a shot could be taken from a different per

watching Marrakech

Relaxing in a Pink Hat at Brown Bay.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

"The Bear Tree" is located at the perimeter of a haunted castle known to the locals as Kellie's Castle. The whole place gave me a chill and when I tried putting sense to why this tree's trunk looks li

"The Bear Tree" is located at the perimeter of a haunted castle known to the locals as Kellie's Castle. The whole place gave me a chill and when I tried putting sense to why this tree's trunk looks like a bear, it just made it more freaky.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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© Sarah Ibrahim.
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digital

Date Taken:

12.2011

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Nov. 29, 2013, 10:32 a.m.

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NIKON D3100

Focal Length:

55mm

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1/160

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f6.3

ISO:

ISO100

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